ETJ Aichi:

World Englishes Education in High School

Date: Sunday, March 28th, 2010
Time: 10:00 AM - 12:30 PM

Speaker: Naoko Murata and Kayo Sugimoto

Description:
The presenters will report how high school students reacted to a pilot program in which English classes were taught via the concept of world Englishes. Results showed an awareness in varieties of English gave students increased motivation despite some initial student doubt of this approach. Further details at: etjaichi.kweto.com.

ELT means English Language Teaching. The ELT Calendar contains information about conferences, conventions, workshops, presentations and other events of professional interest to teachers of EFL (English as a Foreign Language) in Japan, and the research communities of SLA (Second Language Acquisition), TESOL (Teaching English as a Second or Other Language), TEFL (Teaching English as a Foriegn Language) and others relevant to language learning and teaching English in Japan.